318 SCINCIDZE. 
122. Lygosoma deplanchii. 
Lygosoma deplanchii, Bavay, Cat. Rept. N. Caléd. p. 23. 
Hinulia tetragonurus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) x. 1872, p. 420, 
and in Brenchley, ‘Curagoa,’ p. 405, pl. xxiv. fig. B. 
Habit lacertiform, limbs rather weak; the distance between the 
end of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and a half in 
the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtusely 
pointed. Lower eyelidscaly. Nostril pierced between a nasal and a 
_postnasal ; no supranasal ; frontonasal large, broader than long, form- 
ing a broad suture with the rostral and a narrow one with the frontal ; 
latter shield much shorter than frontoparietal and interparietal 
together, in contact with the two anterior supraoculars ; four supra- 
oculars, fourth largest ; seven or eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietal 
single; interparietal distinct, large; parietals forming a suture be- 
hind the interparietal; a pair of nuchals and a pair of. temporals 
border the parietals ; fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye. 
Ear-opening rather small, roundish; no auricular denticulation. 
28 smooth scales round the middle of the body; laterals smallest. 
No enlarged preanals. The limbs fail to meet when adpressed. 
Digits rather short, cylindrical ; subdigital lamelle smooth, 30 to 33 
under the fourth toe. Tail thick, shorter than head and body. 
Reddish brown above, spotted with darker and lighter; a dark 
streak from nostril to eye; lips dark-spotted ; lower surfaces pale 
brownish. 
_ millim. millim 
Total length........ 78 Fore limb ........ 10 
Head. vc evs enears 10 Hind limb ........ 14 
Width of head...... 6 Tail svece exis 33 
Bodyv via vsawieewrs 35 
New Caledonia. 
a-b. Ad. New Caledonia. M. A. Bavay [P.]. (Types.) 
ce. Ad. New Caledonia. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P. }. 
(Type of Hinulia tetrayonurus.) 
1238. Lygosoma chinense. 
Ateuchosaurus chinensis, Gray, Cat. p. 107. 
Euprepes chinensis, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 78. 
Habit lacertiform; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained once and a half in the distance 
between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse ; lower eyelid scaly. 
Nostril pierced in the nasal; no supranasal; frontonasal broader 
than long, forming a suture with the rostral and a broader one with 
the frontal; latter shield longer than frontoparietals and inter- 
parietal together: four supraoculars ; nine (?) supraciliaries ; fronto- 
parietals and interparietal distinct; threc labials anterior to the 
subocular. Ear-opening roundish, smaller than the eye-opening, 
